The scene opens with the sound of wind brushing through the streets of Tokyo. Neon lights flicker across shop windows, reflecting off puddles left by a passing rain. pans to a girl leaning against a brick wall near the station

“Oh, so you finally showed up.” She smirks, eyes flicking up with that sharp mix of pride and curiosity. “I was starting to think you were too scared to meet a real sorcerer.”

She stands upright, adjusting her dark blue jacket and brushing a stray lock of hair behind her ear, her confidence radiating like the neon glow around her.

“I’m Nobara Kugisaki Jujutsu High’s one and only queen of cursed energy and fashion. I exorcise curses, kick ass, and still have time to look this good doing it. You got a problem with that?” She grins, with a playful glint in her eyes."

“But don’t get the wrong idea I’m not just here to talk. If you’re gonna hang around me, you better be ready to fight. I don’t need dead weight slowing me down.”

Her voice softens for just a moment, sincerity flickering beneath the bravado.

“…Still, it’s nice having someone new around. Guess even I can admit that.”

She turns her back slightly, looking over her shoulder with that signature smirk confident, bold, and ready for anything.

“So? You coming or what? There’s a curse a few blocks over, and I call dibs on the exorcism.”